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How are they to know EP

by Craig Hood

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1.
OH I LIKE THE WAY THE SUN, CASTS THE SHADOWS OF MY BARS ACROSS MY BED SHEETS IN THE MORNING AS I RISE UP, RUB MY EYES AND THE NURSE RETURNS ONCE MORE, GENTLY PLACES DOWN MY FOOD TRAY THEN SHE LOOKS UP WITH A SMILE AND WALKS OUT BACKWARDS, LOCKS THE DOOR (CHORUS) AND THE HALLWAYS ALWAYS BARE, PEOPLE STARING AT EACH OTHER OR THE FLOORBOARDS WALKING IN A LINE TO THE COBBLESTONE COURTYARD WHERE OUR DUTIES FOR THE DAY WILL GIVE US PURPOSE WILL IT HELP US, WILL THEY KNOW (DO THEY CARE) HOW LONG NOW, I’VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG I CAN’T REMEMBER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER MY MOTHER BROUGHT SOME PRESENTS FOR THE CHRISTMAS DO THAT WAS WHEN I GOT MY FIRST BIKE, I COULDN’T REALLY USE IT IN THE COURTYARD THE NURSES LET ME SIT ON IT AT BREAKFAST TIME AS THEY FED ME AND THE GROWNUPS WITH A SPOON AND ANOTHER DAY BEGINS, AND THE NURSES AND THE PATIENTS DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY’RE TOLD TO BY THE ONES WHO KNOW, OR WHO THINK THEY DO (CHORUS 2) AND MOTHER VISITS ME, SHE BRINGS ME FLOWERS AND SHE STAYS FOR TEA BUT THE NURSES ONLY BOTHER ME, AND SHE CAN’T STAY FOR VERY LONG AND I WISH THAT I COULD STAY WITH YOU, I CAN’T TALK TO YOU OR HEAR YOU BUT BY SIMPLY BEING NEAR YOU, I CAN START TO FEEL AT EASE AND AS THE YEARS PASS I SIT AND LOOK OUT AT THE LONG GRASS AND THEY KEEP THINKING THAT THEY’RE HELPING ME, BUT HOW ARE THEY TO KNOW AND I WISH THAT I COULD STAY WITH YOU, I CAN’T TALK TO YOU OR HEAR YOU BUT BY SIMPLY BEING NEAR YOU, I CAN START TO FEEL AT EASE
2.
YOUR EYES LOOK UPWARDS AT THE BLUE SKIES THAT REFLECT IN THEM THE MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER ALL HE PROMISES OF BETTER TIMES THAT DIDN’T COME BUT YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO THE MORNING YOU WOULD WAKEN UP SURROUNDED BY THE FEELING THAT YOU’D WAITED FOR AND YOU’D HOPE IT WAS GOING TO LAST TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER AND MAYBE WHEN THIS DAY WOULD COME YOUR LIFE WOULD FEEL COMPLETE AND YOU WOULD MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER YOU KNOW YOU’D MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER IF THE SUN COULD COME AGAIN OUT IT WOULD REALLY CLEAR THE AIR UP AND THE THOUGHTS OF ALL THE PAST TIMES COULD JUST DRIFT OFF WITH THE CURRENT IF THE SUN CAME OUT YOU’D GET THE HOPE THAT THINGS WOULD BE MUCH BETTER AND AFTER ALL THE CLOUDS WERE GONE THE AIR COULD RISE AND BRING WITH IT THE FEELING THAT YOU’D WAITED FOR AND YOU’D HOPE IT WAS GOING TO LAST TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER AND THAT FEELING WOULD MAKE YOU COMPLETE IT WOULD HELP TO MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU COULD MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER YOU KNOW YOU’D MANAGE THROUGH THE WINTER AND DARKNESS COMES SOMETIMES IT CAN BE SO HARD TO FIGHT BUT YOU MUST KEEP HEAD UP KEEP IT UP ABOVE THE WATER THE TUNNEL SEEMS SO LONG IT SEEMS TO NEVER END BUT THEN YOU SEE THE LIGHT COME IT KEEPS ON GETTING BRIGHTER THEN THE SUN COMES OUT AGAIN AND THE AIR IS FULL OF BIRDSONG AND THE THOUGHTS OF ALL THE PAST TIMES SEEM TO DRIFT OFF WITH THE CURRENT WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT IT GUARANTEES THAT THINGS WILL GET MUCH BETTER AND NOW THAT ALL THE CLOUDS ARE GONE YOUR SPIRITS RISE AND THEN YOU FEEL THE FEELING THAT YOU’VE WAITED FOR AND YOU KNOW THAT IT’S GOING TO LAST TO KEEP YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER IT’S THE FEELING THAT MAKES YOU COMPLETE IT REALLY MAKES YOU GLOW IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER IT KEEPS YOU GOING THROUGH THE WINTER
3.
WHERE THE BIRDS FLY WHERE I CLIMB THE HILL WHERE THE QUIET IS WHERE MY MIND IS STILL WHERE I’VE BEEN TO WHERE I’M GOING TO SEE WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE WHEN THE NOISE GROWS WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS WHEN THE HATE SHOWS IS WHEN IT’S TIME TO GO WHERE THE WINDS BLOW WHERE THE RIVER FLOWS WHERE THE CALM COMES WHERE THE TENSION GOES WHERE THE TREES GROW WHERE I’M FEELING FREE WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE WHY THE ANGER WHY THE ATMOSPHERE WHY THIS HAPPENS IS WHY I’M SITTING HERE WHERE THE REEDS BEND WHERE THE SWANS ARE HOME WHERE THE ROADS END WHERE THE FALLOWS ROAM WHERE I FEEL GOOD WHERE I FEEL LIKE ME WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE WHAT I’M MISSING WHAT I FEEL I LACK WHAT I LEARN HERE IS WHAT WILL BRING ME BACK WHERE MY MIND CLEARS WHERE I FEEL SERENE WHERE I CRY TEARS WHERE I WON’T BE SEEN WHERE I KNOW HOW WHERE I CLEARLY SEE WHERE I AM NOW IS WHERE I WANT TO BE
4.
FIRST CAME THE DAY THEIR FORTUNES WERE TOLD THEY WERE LED OUT TO MEET WITH THE REST OF THE CHOSEN ONES SHOWN TO THEIR PATH THEY WENT ON THEIR WAY AT THE START OF THE ROAD THAT WOULD LEAD TO THEIR DESTINY LEAVING THEIR PAST IDEALS FAR BEHIND THEY WERE LEFT TO WORK OUT IF IT'S PEACE THAT THEY'RE HEADING FOR SOME NEEDED HELP AND SOME ACTED STRONG AND THEY HOPED IN THEIR HEADS THAT THEIR HEARTS WOULD NOT FAIL ON THEM WHEN CAME THE NIGHT THEY STOPPED OFF TO REST AND THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE KEPT THEM WARM IN THEIR HEART'S PURPOSE ALL SLEEPING NEAR IT HELPED EASE THE FEAR AND THEY HOPED WHEN THEY SLEPT THAT THEIR DREAMS WOULD BE GUIDING THEM SO TO THE END TOGETHER THEY STAY AND THEIR DRIVE AND DESIRE KEEPS THEM WARM IN THEIR HEART'S PURPOSE STILL TO THIS DAY THEY KEEP MOVING ON THOUGH THEY'VE NEVER BEEN SEEN THEY WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON THEIR DREAM

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I intended this to eventually be an album with more tracks, but I started working with Jill Bryson on The Shapists songs so this project went on hold for over 2 years.
I then didn't get back into writing more songs so I might as well call this a finished, 4 song EP.

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released February 25, 2012

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